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We all hate take the time to fix our hair in the morning, after a nap, or after opening a window. No one likes getting up an hour early to throw hot tools in their hair, so they don’t have to throw their hair up in a bun or pony. Especially when you wake up late and definitely do not have to time to think about your hair.If you’re the type of person that just cant be bothered with your hair, because its too much effort, your crazy busy, or just don’t care. Well gurls you need to be thinking about getting one of these cuts, shorter hair is easier to deal with for a reason. But were not gunna bust out the clippers, you don’t have to go that short to have effortless hair. Were gunna make you cute with less effort, which is all anyone can as for.

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The Lob

With a long one length bob you don’t have too much hair to style

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​With a stacked long bob you can just roll out of bed and finger comb your hair and your set.

​The long layer piecey bob, This is a good transition bob, where you have the some movement and you have you almost good lenght to the layers. Making it a cute trendy cut and that is easily tussled and ready to go.

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The Short Inverted Bob

​The mom cut, hair your hair stacked high and tight, literally making the shape just stay their, its not going anywhere you don’t have to do jack!

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The Pixie

The boyish pixie where the hair is cropped short, you don’t need to be told short hair is very easily pushed into place. Making this one a lot less effort into looking good.

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The swoop pixie is also a crowd pleaser, you’ve got a luscious swoop with a lot of body and is cropped shorter on the sides.

Lets talk about bobs

The bob is a very simple but complex cut. It comes in many forms, and styles, sounds a little crazy right? Well if you didn't hear the 70s are back and that means we're rocking to old school bob as well as the new adaptations of it as well. The adaptations can come in softer or sharp and hard lines, either way they are short and fun!

Long Bob

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The long bob is chic with a build underneath, these bobs usually have a soft curve at the bottom giving it body and shape. These are simple cut to take care of and it’s not a drastic cut when you decide to go shorter. ​

Inverted bob

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The Inverted bob is a long bob at the front and retreats to a shorter back. This gives not only body but dimension to not only the hair but the face and your frame. This is a more modern take on the bob and is a booming trend, it's easy to deal with and very cute. You don't have to sacrifice to much length in the front with this one. ​

Half bob

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The half bob as well a bob length cut with a fair amount of body on one side and the other side it usually shaved down. So you have a far amount of hair on the one side giving it quite the dramatic look. This is a chic and bold style, for those that like to make a statement with their hair. ​

Soft Bob

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The soft bob is a shorter bob that has all the build to make the body but the edges are rounded and softened out so you don't see any lines. This is considered the classic bob, the shape is nice and round and is usually cut off around the chin, adding shape the head but leaving the neck exposed. ​

Hard Bob

The hard bob is a modern take on the classic soft bob, it is also known as the Vidal Sassoon bob for its bold and sharp lines. Which are very precise and crisp. Instead of a rounded build to make the shape the layers build up and stop at a very distinct hard line. This makes the bob so sharp and captivating, it is definitely a statement maker.

Its way too hot to have your long hair down and it seems like a waste to be rocking the basic ponytail all summer long. I mean who wants to be basic?But you have to do something with that long hair because the heat and long locks do not match. And cutting a lot of hair off is a bit to drastic for just a sweltering season. So how do we deal with the heat? Ill tell you, cute updo styles! Wow everyone with these trendy yet simple styles and watch all those heads turn. Keeping your hair off your neck and keeping you cooler through the season. You may be suffering from the heat but you’ll look cute doing it. Outdoor music festival anyone?​

Double Bun

First up we have the crowd fav, the twin top buns. This style has been on a trend rise lately, its easily paired with glitter roots or a cute choker. The style is very simple and easy to quickly to change your hair from a hot mess in to fun little buns. It involves putting your hair into pig tails placed close to your part line. Then all you do is tease the hair to look fuller and wrap it around the base (not to tight) and bobby pin that bad boy and your ready to go!

Fishtail into pony

Another easy style that works on adding style to a ponytail is adding a braid going into the pony. This can easily be done with different kinds of braids, but you can add that extra dimension with a fishtail braid. Fish tail being one of the easier braids to do as well. So its a win win. You start with grabbing your chunks of hair at the hair line, two for fishtail or three for french braid. Then braid back to the parietal or where your head starts to slope down. Grab the rest of your hair to go into the pony (leaving a pieces out to wrap about the elastic), elastic the hair, grab that piece we left out and wrap around the elastic, boom done.

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Messy bun

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Every girls go-to. its fun, its cute, and its simple. You literally can not go wrong with this look. You start off with smoothing the hair back into a top pony, then fold your hair back and elastic again so you have a puff on top leaving a tail hanging out. wrap that tail around the base and pin that bad boy. Pull out and wispy hairs by your ears to complete the look.

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Side fishtail braid

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The fishtail braid, its is trending hard and for a good reason. Its simple, contemporary, cute, and easy. A great braid to rock this summer and literally anytime, you cant go wrong! You start off with two chunks of hair were ever you would like to start your braid. Twist one piece over each other back and forth over to your right or left and just tie off.

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Crown Braid

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The crowd braid is an uber cute style, its beautiful and looks like you put more work into it then your actually did. Were all about that. Its one of those styles you can wear messy for clean. Were gonna cheat on this style and do it the easy way, go ahead and braid back 4 fishtail braids in the back of your head (leaving room from the scalp to move the braids around). Pull at the braids a little to make the hair flatter and spread out. Grab the middle braids, cross them, and wrap them around the front, pinning the ends down. You should be left with the out side braids, pull the left braid around the back to the right, pin. Pull the right braid around the back to the left and pin into braids (make sure the little tails are tucked into the braid so they aren't visible). This should give you a crown braid with out doing all the hard work.

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Go from a sweaty mess to fabulous fest. Any one of these styles will make your day a little brighter and cooler. Because nothings better then putting up your long hair and acting like its not a problem at all.

What the heck is a sulfate?

​Sulfates are an agent in hair products that cleans dirt, chemicals, and oil from your hair. That being said it strips the hair quite harshly of its natural oils as well as everything else. Sulfates are found in the forms of sodium laureth sulfate (SLES) and sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). SLES is primarily a foaming agent hence it's popularity in shampoo and SDS is a surfactant which strongly removes oils.

Why sulfates are bad

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Every hair strand has a protective layer made of natural oils the scalp and hair secrete. This layer protects the hair from being damaged, sucking up toxins in the air, and shield the hair cuticle from dust and debris. By stripping this layer your leaving your cuticle open and exposed to all of nature's harsh factors. Even though sulfate are very good at cleaning they clean too well and strip the hair of that natural layer of protection. Sulfate are as aggressive to your skin as well as your hair. Your skin also secretes a protective layer of oil on your skin, this is a natural layer that doesn't make your skin greasy, in fact a healthy skin will have a strong layer of oil protecting it. So sulfates strip that layer as well, letting in literally everything into to your pores, no one wants that.

Why Sulfate free shampoos ?

Since sulfates are so aggressive as a striping agent they are generally frowned upon in shampoos and body washes. But since sulfates are a great foaming agent that produces lots of lather, they are still used in lower end cleansing products. Any good shampoo or body wash will say sulfate free, all higher end shampoos will be sulfate free so if you're buying from your salon, don't worry. The “good stuff” is going to contain a more organic ingredient base. Using natural cleaners to clear and clean the scalp and hair without causing a harsh effect on the hair, you will also get a richer intake of moisture and protein from organic ingredients. ​

In conclusion sulfates are just too harsh on the hair and skin and should be avoided if possible. You have far more gentle options to clean and take care of your hair that don't involve sulfates and do a heck of a job. So opting for the organic ingredients really will help you out. Both in the integrity, cleansing, and the health of your hair. Healthy hair, happy life

Everyone loves the sun but are they sun safe?

​Get the protection you need for your skin and hair, because everyone loves getting a golden tan and beach waves in their hair but no one likes sunspots, premature wrinkles, or crispy hair.Make sure these products are in your beach bag. Or even just your every day you can never be too careful of the sun.

Skin Protection

It is a natural mineral sunscreen free of any harmful chemicals. Its fragrance free so no there's not any synthetic perfumes, but you will still smell like sunscreen. It is very gentle so it is great for sensitive skin, and eczema and drys very quickly. ​

If you prefer your sunscreen in a stick, this one's for you. It's easy to apply, just roll on. It's SPF 50 so it provides a stronger protection. This product is made out of natural ingredients including coconut oil, Shea butter, cocoa oil, making it soothing for your skin and smelling like coconut vanilla, yum.​

The Honest Company Mineral Sunscreen, SPF 50+

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Made by the honest company, so it's cruelty and harmful chemical free. so you could even use it on a baby. It is SPF 50+ so it has higher protection for those of a fair skin quality, but can be used for all skin types. Its free of and harmful fragrances and is not greasy like a lot so sunscreens and contains shea butter and coconut oil to keep you skin feeling soft. ​

Lip Protection

Can't forget the lips. Here is a lip and face screen that is great to have. It comes in a little tin which is handy for storing in your purse or beach bag. It is SPF 31 and blocks those harmful UVB rays on the most sensitive skin your face. It is all natural and only has 11 ingredients so there's nothing extra in it.​

Hair Protection

The sunscreen for your hair, it's comes in a little spray bottle. It shields your hair from from the damage the sun rays cause as well as conditions your hair, so when you have your salty beach waves they won't feel so crunchy.​

After

Aftersun is you post sun aftercare, to help with all those hours spent in the sun. It soothes red and irritated skin. It hydrates and moisturizes helps your skin rejuvenate itself. It is a must have for long days in the sun.​

This is a post sun aftercare for your hair. Even though you won't be able to see the difference from being out in the sun for so long like you can with your skin, you can definitely feel it. Your hair loses it moisture and if you have taken a dip in the ocean or pool you will be feeling the crunchy and dry hair. The mask helps your hair from aging prematurely from the sun damage, it puts back the moisture, makes it soft, and adds shine to the hair. Being a must have for long days at the beach. ​

Another aftercare for lots of sun exposure. It takes the pain out of showering with regular products that won't help with that sunburn you just got. This not only hydrates and moisturizes your hair and body but it does it very gently. It was made for sensitive sunburnt skin. ​

Stay sun safe, wear those cute sunglasses, show off some skin. Just remember to save your assets and preserve your beauty with skin and hair protecting protects. Because we all love the sun and the water but they don't like us.​

Myth​

Although stress can really beat up your hair, you are much more likely to experience hair loss or thinning then you are to prematurely gray. Gray or white hair is largely controlled by genetics, however the extra stress can encourage the gray hair to come sooner. This being said, only genetics can really yield the gray hairs. So if you have a family history of turning gray, having high levels of stress you most likely won't cause you to see those grays pop up. So in conclusion, stress does not produce gray hairs, but it does speed up the natural genetic hair growth of grays. So grays really are decided by your family, not your stress levels.

​MYTH

Plucking a hair solely because it is gray will not make two more grow in its place. A follicle that hosts one hair will not develop another hair shaft due to the hair being plucked from it. If the follicle can host more than one hair shaft, it might, but it won't be solely due to plucking a gray hair. So in conclusion plucking gray hairs will not make another hair form, but that original gray hair will still be gray when it comes back in, there's no getting rid of them.

​The sun will lighten your hair, myth or fact?

​Fact

The sun can lighten hair, but not all hair. It you have lighter hair and spend quite a bit of time outside you may notice some natural highlights, if you have darker hair you make notice the ever so slightly lighter brunette pieces. But the sun will not give you noticeably blonde highlights, it will only only softly lighten. This being said the much darker hair that is very textured will mostly not be affected by the sun due to the natural resistance built into dark hair. the sun can bleach your hair, akin to wood and paint fading. It erodes the pigment slowly over time. So the amount of time in the sun would have to be substantial. In the end, yes, the sun can lighten your hair, but it will not give you notice blonde pieces that you would expect from highlights. So if you want to be blonde don't expect to get anything from the sun, go see your hairdresser. ​

​Fact

Excess use of shampoos can cause your scalp to overproduce sebum because you hair and scalp are being striped of sebum making your hair and scalp very dry. So your scalp starts to overproduce sebum to counteract the dryness. The overproduction of sebum clogs the hair follicles, which makes your scalp quite unhappy. So in conclusion, your hair will shed more if you wash your hair excessively and too much force can cause your body to overproduce oils. making your follicles more frail. Regular shampooing only a few times a week will result in healthier hair. Hair can still fall out due to unrelated issues, such as environment, medication, and overly processed hair. If you notice a over abundance of hair loss in the shower notify your doctor for good notice. Large hair loss is not normal and may be a symptom.

​MYTH

Not all shampoos need to have a big foaming up to get your hair clean, but people visually connect bigger the lather to a better clean. This is occasionally the opposite. Companies know that you want to see the lather and put ingredients to make it as foamy as possible, but clean your hair at a sub par level. So there is actually no connection between lather and how well the shampoo actually works. There are actually some higher end shampoos that don't even lather at all. Don't buy a shampoo solely on how it lathers up and makes massive foam, it probably isn't doing its job. Make sure you get a name brand shampoo. Even though the salon worthy shampoos may be more expensive, they are on a whole other level then the kind you pick up at Walmart. They are more expensive because they are much much better for you then the cheaper products. ​

​Wearing hats cause baldness, myth or fact?

​MYTH

Wearing a hat all the time won't cause you to go bald, but it's not without its side effects. Due to the lack of circulation to the scalp where the brim of the hat lies, this may cause the hair to thin due to a shortage of blood in the scalp. The hair will grow as normal when you stop wearing the hat nonstop; so the damage isn't permanent. Balding is caused by genetics, medication, or a medical condition and is not brought on by wearing a hat or any head wear. So as long as you let your scalp breathe, you shouldn't worry about losing any hair that is related to head wear.

Not all those little fun facts you hear around are true, so don't get to worried if you hear some crazy myth. If you really have a "myth" you want to verify ask your hair dresser, because hair dressers are trained in the everything about hair down to the chemistry and really from working will all kinds of people and hair. If you have any "myths" you want to debunk please shot me any questions I can answer for you. So in don't believe everything you hear, when it comes to your hair.

Lets talk CURLS

Hair has a wide range of textures but curly hair has a quite large range from beach waves to solid coils. Curly hair is the hardest to manage, it has the most texture so it can create extraordinary volume. That being said it loves to suck up water, so it has a field day with humidity.​Curly hair can be a blessing and a curse. On a good day, you'll have luscious tousled curls but on a bad day, it is frizzy craziness.

Curly hair is very demanding texture, it lacks moisture and is hard to manage. To make those crazy locks more manageable, it starts with products. Curly hair needs one thing most of all, with all its little heart it needs moisture! Here is a few products to help manage the frizz, and hydrate that hair!

For styling, a great tool to manage and maintain a naturally curly look is a diffuser. A diffuser tool is an attachment that you can snap on to the end of your hair dryer, this spreads out the airflow to enhance the curl as it drys. To use a diffuser, the hair must first be damp. Then grab a handful of hair and scrunch it to the base of your scalp and replace your hand with the diffuser. Massage the diffuser in the section until dry, repeat all over head until head it's fully dry, then add finishing products. ​​

Good Shampoos and conditioners to use are Replumping. This is a nourishing product for delicate hair, prone to breakage and an hydrating agent, and helps the natural elasticity. Nourishing is a nourishment product to help with severely dry and damaged hair that really hydrates the hair. Melu is another nourishing product that is best with brittle and dry hair. Finally, Love Curl, which is a product that hydrates, adds volume, shine, and improves the manageability of the hair. ​

The color craze has been blowing up, but not everyone one wants to commit to a fun funky color on their entire head. But thanks to the new trend going around you can get your color fix without all the commitment. By having your fun color hidden in some way, they are usually located on the nap of the neck or at the roots making them hidden until you wear your hair up revealing the colors.

The hair is dyed these fun and colorful colors while the rest of the hair is still a natural tone, covering up the the colorful tones making them hidden. Since the natural is still there, you can still pull off a natural look. Or this look could be paired with a spunky color as well, if you just can't choose what color your want, now you don't have to choose, just add all of them!

What is Keratin

Keratin has in the recent years has become a big word in the hair industry, but what is it?

​Keratin is the protein that makes up your hair , skin, and nails.Keratin protects the hair from damage and stress, keratin as an oil cannot be dissolved in water or organic solvents. Keratin is the most important ingredient that makes your hair, so were natural production lacks, you come in. So stock up on those keratin enriched products but choose wisely. Over time the hair decreases in the amount of keratin it holds as the hair grows old. The clock of time ravishes the strength and protein of your hair. The lack of keratin in the hair makes it dry and prone to breakage. This is why putting keratin back in is so important to keeping your hair healthy. By filling that protein back in your hair makes noticeably healthier shiny hair. You can put keratin back into your hair through a variety of products such as shampoos, conditioners, conditioning products, and styling aids.

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What benefits will I see from using a keratin product?​

Gets rid of split ends

Increases elasticity and strength

Adds an extra coating over the outer layer of the hair making it stronger

Protects against harmful UV rays

Helps detangle hair

​Before you buy​

Before you go grabbing just any ol’ keratin product, you have to look at the other ingredients. Even though the keratin protein is good for you what is mixed with it may not be. Some shampoos may contain formaldehyde in them as well, formaldehyde is a known carcinogen which is a catalyst to cancer. In gas form formaldehyde is toxic but in a liquid base it is drastically less hazardous but should only be handled by professionals that know how safely use those kind of chemicals. Another ingredient to stay away from is sulfates, having sulfate free shampoo is key period. Sulfates can damage the hair, and seep moisture away from your hair and scalp. Making it counteractive on the whole hair care. Last of all like a lot of shampoos, overuse of shampoo can cause loss of moisture of the scalp and potential thinning of the hair. Make sure that your shampooing routine doesn't excess once a day. Even cutting back to a couple times a week will do you good and replenish your natural oils. It is important to have a reputable brand of keratin products, to optimize the keratin intake. Brazilian blowout Acai Anti-frizz shampoo, conditioner and styling products are top of the line and are recommended for keeping hair frizz free and to prolong the keratin treatments. They are also sulfate free and are recommended by most hairdressers.

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Keratin treatments​

Then there is keratin treatments which is a bit different from from regular keratin products. A keratin treatment is also know as a Brazilian blow out, it is the act of putting protein back in the hair by raising the cuticles “scales” as much as possible, adds protein in the strands and heat sealing the proteins in. The treatment involves a high concentrated keratin shampoo and conditioner that can only be used by professionals. Then the hair is dried and straightened. This treatment not only puts that protein back in your hair, but reduces frizz, gives it shine, with less tangles, and makes the hair more manageable over all. This treatment is ideal for people who have very frizzy hair, curly moisture lacking hair, and with any unmanageable hair. At Orrell, we also offer complimentary keratin shampoo and conditioner with every keratin treatment.